Write about the foods that you do not or cannot eat. First, name the food by printing it in capital letters. Then write down everything that you find distasteful about this particular food. What is the origin of your revulsion? Does your relationship with this food have a history? Have you ever eaten the foods that you dislike? How do you react? Meditate upon all … [Read more...] about Yucky Food
False and True
Write a page made of short, three-sentence paragraphs. For these three sentences: One sentence must be true. Another sentence must be false. The remaining sentence can be either true or false. Write the sentences in any order. You can begin with a true statement or a false one. Perhaps your three-sentence paragraphs will connect to form a longer … [Read more...] about False and True
The Shapes
Situate yourself in front of some kind of scene, indoors or out. Concentrate on the shapes that you see in front of you. Rather than naming the things that you see, name their shapes: triangle, rectangle, circle, square, oval, blob. Begin drawing the shapes as you see them. Spread them out on the page in the same way they are spread out in front of you. Write some … [Read more...] about The Shapes
A Tale of a Table
Find a table. They are everywhere--in houses and restaurants, on sidewalks and in parks, at work. You also have tables in your memory and in your imagination. Write a story, true or invented, that includes this table. You could write the history of this table in the world, or the history that a person has with this table. Your history, or someone else's. Write anything … [Read more...] about A Tale of a Table
Wondering Where
Use the phrase "I wonder where..." to begin the first sentence that you write. When you don't know where something is, maybe it is lost. Maybe you don't even expect to see it again. You can wonder where a person is, too. You can wonder about a place where something will happen in the future. A person can wonder where something comes from--an idea or an aspect of their … [Read more...] about Wondering Where